Vol 3, No 2 (2018)

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Daniel Sinkonde
DOI:10.26789/JSC.2018.02.001

Abstract

Travelling through cities is one of the things which people with mobility impairment always have to deal with. A designed dynamic database of Maps for Easy Paths (MEP) project for storing and retrieving accessibility information about a particular path by using PostGIS may enable the public to enjoy the privilege of the technology that alleviates the problem of city accessibility through the Web, or more recently, through smartphones/tablet applications. An application of methods and techniques for designing a dynamic database to store and retrieve accessibility information by using a relational PostGIS is described. The conceptual data model is designed for a database (PostGIS) which provides an optimal description of the user requirements. Users will be able to actively participate in the process of taking pictures of obstacles, uploading them to the MEP server and giving some comments on the attributes of the picture of the barrier. The resulting data will help others to locate and evaluate paths. This paper presents the conceptual data model design as well as a review of features of the data of the existing systems. The paper demonstrates that our data-driven approach can be used to facilitate the planning, design, and implementation of an appropriate application to achieve the MEP goal. Therefore, the novelty of this approach lies in developing the dynamic database for the enrichment of geographical maps with information about the accessibility of urban pedestrian areas for people with mobility problems.

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Talantikite Soundouss Ismahane

Abstract

The impact of new information and communication technologies on our societies is universal. They have the advantage of being transversal and affecting all sectors, notably health.

E-health, a multidisciplinary field of research, is growing significantly and is nowadays necessary for systems of healthcare. The determinants of this breakthrough in healthcare remain the age demographic of the population coupled with the inadequacy of the health workforce, without ignoring the rising costs of care. This is reflected in the continuing rise in the number of people with addictions, as chronic diseases become more acute, creating a huge need for appropriate technologies. The circumstances are therefore conducive to reflection leading to the modeling of more innovative solutions for effective patient care.

The NICT's incursion in the medical field is most often seen as the introduction of tools designed to guarantee or even improve the quality of healthcare services, so our research combines crosses and puts into dialogue the relationship between space and the psychiatric patient. To do this, we approach space as a determining factor in helping people with psychiatric illnesses, and as an interactive, real-time approach to the needs of the sick.


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